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Thursday, November 24, 2011

It's the season of thanks and I have to thank you my readers, above all, for being so very loyal and so very inspiring for me during these years which have made the Shrine the success that it is and me richer in experiences and feelings.
So, without further ado, I have a full bottle of the newest Trésor Midnight Rose by Lancôme to give away to one lucky reader as a small token of gratitude.It's new and fit to be given as a gift.
All you need to do is post a comment on this post saying what you're thankful for yourself and you're eligible to enter the draw, which will remain open till November 27th midnight. No restriction on shipping destination.
Good luck!

At the moment, I am most thankful for the feeling that I have everything I need (and enough to give some away).That I am surrounded by a loving family and friends and I hope I am as loving to them as they are to me.

I am grateful for being able to pursuit my happiness and that my success depends on me. In this very moment there are so many people without chances to live normal life. I am glad that my profession will ensure that at least some of them have happier tomorrow.

First of all I'd like to thank you for giving me a most welcome colourful facet to my daily routine through your enlightening posts. And thanks to who ever has kept my bodily and spiritual health free from harm.

I'm thankful for my family's health and for the fact that both me & my husband still have our jobs.I'm also thankful for not developing an allergy to perfume, even though I lately became allergic to quite a few things that didn't use to bother me before.

I'm really thankful to God for my good health. I've gone through a hemithyroidectomy on May this year where i got the right lobe removed, so my health has now improved a lot since the surgery. I can breathe better and there's no mucous stuck my throat anymore.I'm thankful to my parents for always being there for me, my caring friends and last but not least my love for perfumes which has kept me positive during the time I got sick and all. Perfumes really got me distracted from thinking about my illness and i'm thankful for that.

I am thankful for my family, I can't imagine not being part of this family. We might not be very well off, but my parents try to provide me with everything which I need. Sometimes, I envy the more well-off friends that I have and get a little bothered by the financial limitations of my family. However, after reflecting on all that I have, I feel that I am really blessed and privilege to have a family that is constantly there for me. Thank you Mum and Dad, for always wishing me luck when I go to school! Thank you my dear sister, for always giving me such great advices when I'm at loss!

I'm deeply thankful for my wonderful family and for the gift of sight renewed, thanks to science (this year I had a life-changing eye operation). Also, the gift of smell, of course, to appreciate the beautiful perfumes, many of which I discovered thanks to your amazing, poetic and revelatory blog, Elena! :)

Aside from the "usuals" (family, friends, my job, etc), this year I realized how thankful I am for my sweet black Lab, Gypsy. When the afore mentioned "usuals" are busy, distant, or causing minor/major stress, Gypsy is always there at the end of the day with a wagging tail and a kiss on the nose.

I plan on spending the rest of this Holiday Weekend taking her to her favorite places around the city and making sure she knows how much I appreciate her camaraderie.

There are so many things in my life I am thankful for that it would take pages, so I will just name four. My three perfect, beautiful, infuriating, challenging sons, and my darling husband. Thanks to them my life is vibrant.

I am humbled to be given the gift of good friends. I am thankful to be able to be irritated by 'the little things' - that is truly a luxury. I am blessed to be in good health. Above all, I am thankful to be thankful for so many things!

I am grateful for waking up another day, for my children and husband, for family and friends. Grateful for the teachings of the Buddha and my higher power, grateful for a sumptuous feast yesterday, made richer by the friends in attendance. Grateful for the small blessings of simple things, and for the ability to experience the sensory pleasures of this world, which include some extraordinary fragrances -- some simple, while others contain entire worlds in a bottle. And grateful for gifted writers such as yourself who occasionally share their fragrance bounty with others.

Please enter me in the drawing, and I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season.

Despite my general grumbling nature, I am grateful for a lot of things. I'm grateful for my husband and my friends, who are my chosen family. I am grateful for my companion cats, and that I live in this age when there are medications to keep me alive. I'm grateful for the internet, that keeps me in touch with the world and people with common interests. I'm grateful for the plants, and the birds, and sun and rain.

I'm thankful for my family and friends, who are the salt of the earth, and I'm thankful for the Internet, allowing me to communicate with like-minded people. And I'm thankful for discovering this great blog.

I am thankful for being so much better (health-wise) than I have been in previous years - and thankful for the support I have had from others. And, of course, to have the most beautiful creature in the world - Rufus - sitting by my feet!

Thanking God for an awesome life and bestowing unique creativity to perfumers who fill this beautiful world with a sweet smell that makes us outstanding. Happy Thanksgiving and for awesome bloggers who constructively guide us to get the best always!

I am thankful for being a member of a such an amazing family and for having so many educational opportunities. I would never take any of it for granted. Thanks for the chance and Happy Thanksgiving! :)

I am thankful for my wonderful family, for all the good health that most of us have, that we have enough of what we need in our lives. I am thankful that we are planning and hopeful for the future. Optimism is important. And for good smelling friends. And also for spices that make a house smell good, good teas, candles, perfume contests and hopefully I'm thankful to win one for once. Ha! Hope everyone had a lovely holiday!

Elena Vosnaki is executive editor of Fragrantica.gr, the leader in fragrance information in Greek, as well as a senior editor for the top english-speaking Fragrantica.com webzine.

Vosnaki has been Fragrance Expert on About.com and the Perfume History Curator of the Be Open Foundation exhibitionThe Garden of Wonders, A Journey in Scents in Milan. Her writing has been twice shortlisted in the FIFI Editorial Excellence Awards and is extensively quoted by authors. She is an evaluating expert on Osmoz.com.

Perfume Shrine is an award winning blog of 1000s of fragrance reviews (modern, niche, classic, vintage), articles on perfume history and aroma materials, comparisons of scents, interviews with perfumers & the fragrance industry, perfume shopping as well as scented travel memoirs, fine cuisine, tips on building a fragrance wardrobe and musings about the pleasures of the senses.